From snacking on human treats to biting colorful light bulbs, as the winter holiday season draws closer, remind pet owners that they must keep a watchful eye on their four-legged friends. In 2011, Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI) policyholders spent more than $22.8 million on medical conditions commonly associated with the holidays. The company recently sorted its database of more than 485,000 insured pets to determine the 10 most common holiday-related medical conditions last year. Here are the results:
- Gastritis (vomiting): ingesting ?people? food, holiday plants (lilies, hollies and mistletoe) and Christmas tree water
- Enteritis (diarrhea): eating ?people? food and scraps
- Colitis (loose or bloody stool): eating ?people? food; holiday stress
- Pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas): eating fatty ?people? food such as roasts, gravy, nuts, egg nog, etc.
- Gastric foreign body (foreign object in the stomach): ingesting Christmas tree decorations, ribbon, small gifts, and bones from holiday meats
- Hemorrhagic gastroenteritis (bloody vomiting and diarrhea): eating people food; holiday stress
- Intestinal foreign body (foreign object in the intestines): ingesting tinsel, other Christmas tree decorations, and bones from holiday meats
- Gastric foreign body, surgical (surgical removal of foreign object from the stomach): unable to pass Christmas tree decorations and bones
- Intestinal foreign body, surgical (surgical removal of foreign object from the intestines): unable to pass tinsel, ribbons, or bone fragments
- Methylaxanthine toxicity (chocolate toxicity): eating chocolate or other caffeinated products.
Source: http://blog.nilesanimalhospital.com/2012/12/top-ten-holiday-related-pet-conditions.html
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